ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

12 July 2021

Position paper: The role of legislation and standards in mainstreaming reusable packaging

The ongoing revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive provides a crucial window of opportunity to dramatically reduce the amount of single-use packaging wasted in the EU and make eco-efficient reusable packaging systems more widespread. The possibilities for a systemic shift towards reusable packaging are analysed through a smart combination of ambitious targets for single-use packaging to be replaced by reusables, clear definitions, and harmonised sector-specific formats, systems and protocols.

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